CN101815601B - Multi-piece automated fiber placement mandrel automated clamping and indexing system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides an automated mandrel clamping and indexing mechanism for a multi-piece AFP mandrel wherein a clamping mechanism is used in order to secure mandrel segments together as well as to join mandrel segments to end rings. The clamping mechanism is preferably integrated with an indexing mechanism according to embodiments of the present invention such that mandrel segments will preferably remain securely connected and aligned until air is applied to the clamping and indexing mechanism in order to unclamp the secured mandrel segments and remove the part being manufactured. The clamping and indexing mechanism preferably withstands the autoclave heat and pressure that is typically experienced during the curing part of the manufacturing process.
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Technical field
The present invention is about being used for the superimposed axle assembling of monomer fuselage bucket, especially for the superimposed axle assembling with automatic clamping and indexing system of monomer fuselage bucket generally.
Technical background
Automatic fiber placement (AFP) axle is used for the auxiliary shaping of making aircraft components of aerospace industry, for example composite.Barrel-shaped elements is like fuselage surface thin slice and trusses, superimposed on the axle of being made up of a plurality of rigid elements usually during the production barrel-shaped elements.In make handling, barrel-shaped elements superimposed on axle cured of experience, in autoclave, carry out so that the shape of part is set usually.In case solidify, then heart shaft part is disassembled and separates so that barrel-like structure is removed from axle with the part of processing.In industry, need a kind of method these heart shaft parts to be combined so that form the instrument that is fit to the aircraft components structure.
In the past, aerospace industry is turned on said heart shaft part with bolt and is combined and dismantle these heart shaft parts through tightening with bolt usually.Yet this handles unsatisfactory because it is firm inadequately, and bolt is tightened processings and needed great amount of time, manufacturing processing that this can slow down and be formed for the tubbiness element in the aircraft.Particularly tightened to a time-out by bolt when heart shaft part, it possibly require the large-scale instrument of controlling to help mechanism and assemble/unload processing.In addition, describe,, need the people to crawl into axle inside sometimes and unclamp bolt and guiding apparatus through using bolt according to the United States Patent (USP) that belongs to Boeing 7,166,251.Use in make using for some tights a bolt, unclamps bolt in assembly line and the processing that tights a bolt again maybe be not enough flexibly and succinct.
Clamp mechanism sometimes is used to the place of bolt tightening system.These existing jig Design have the mechanical device that is used to lock with release, and these anchor clamps comprise that also passing the axle front-rear reciprocation movement engages the large-scale bar with release clip.Use above-described clamping or bolt to tighten heart shaft part and can cause mistake very time-consuming and easily.Because free space is limited, does not expect to be used for the manual work clamping of axle or the assembly method that bolt is tightened.Factory's streamline requires the axle assembling that clamping by hand or bolt are tightened, and therefore need set up a kind of automated process faster, can guarantee that the accurate location of heart shaft part can guarantee that again joint is fixing reliably.
Calibration is the processing of locating with accurate mode how heart shaft part locatees each other.A mechanism that typically is used for calibration is called as cup-and-cone shape structure, and wherein cup-and-cone shape structure is aimed to be distributed between the heart shaft part and with it and combined, thereby heart shaft part can be located rightly so that in making processing, support aircraft components.Though the calibration through cup-and-cone shape structure makes heart shaft part accurately aim at usually, need indexing mechanism is integrally formed with the mechanism that is used for heart shaft part is fixed together, so that guarantee to aim at and stationary spindle parts reliably.
Summary of the invention
One embodiment of the present of invention are pointed to integrally formed clamping and indexing system; It comprises jig main body; Be installed on the jig main body prejudicially and have the jig arm of hook formation; With the anchor clamps protractor that is attached on the said jig main body, wherein the anchor clamps protractor is carried out simultaneously when jig arm is moved and is clamped and calibration.This integrally formed clamping and indexing system also preferably include the anchor clamps receiver integrally formed with the calibration receiver, and wherein the anchor clamps receiver is locked the position of jig arm, and the calibration receiver contacts the anchor clamps protractor when jig arm is moved.According to embodiments of the invention, this system can be used to connect heart shaft part and can be extraly or replacedly be used to connect heart shaft part to end ring.Said system also provides the heart shaft part surface sheets, and when jig arm was moved, said surface sheets was aimed at each other and contacted.
An alternative embodiment of the invention is pointed to and is used for the integrally formed clamping and the method for calibration; It is included in and applies tractive force on the jig arm; Activating jig arm makes jig arm be attached to the anchor clamps receiver; And the drop-down anchor clamps protractor that is formed with jig arm, wherein when jig arm was moved, the anchor clamps protractor contacted with the calibration receiver that is formed with the anchor clamps receiver.Thereby tractive force preferably activates jig arm and the locking of anchor clamps receiver in place with the mode of off-centre.The anchor clamps protractor that further embodiment provides has calyculus and the calibration receiver has coniform structure.The indexing mechanism that is formed by anchor clamps protractor and calibration receiver preferably guides jig arm to get into the suitable place of relative anchor clamps receiver.
In additional embodiments of the present invention, provide axle to clamp and the calibration accessory, wherein said accessory comprises jig main body and the integrally formed jig arm of jig main body, and and the integrally formed anchor clamps taper protractor of jig main body.When jig arm was moved, anchor clamps taper protractor contacted with the calibration receiver so that guide jig arm and the locking of anchor clamps receiver in place.The anchor clamps receiver preferably is attached to jig arm through pulling motion when jig arm is moved.The accessory of additional embodiments comprises the anchor clamps mounting disc, and it provides support for the fixture bracket of mounting support jig arm.
The front has been summarized characteristic of the present invention and technical advantage to a certain extent substantially, so that the description of the details of the invention of back can be by better understanding.Extra characteristic of the present invention and advantage will be described below, and it forms the theme of claim of the present invention.Those skilled in the art should understand that disclosed thought and specific embodiment can be easily be used to carry out the basis with the structure of the identical purpose of the present invention with adjusting or design other.Those skilled in the art should be realized that also these equivalent structures do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present invention that propose in the accompanying claims.Believe the novel features that becomes distinguishing characteristics of the present invention, its institutional framework and method of operating together with other purpose and advantage, will better be understood when thinking deeply together with accompanying drawing from the following description.Yet what be readily appreciated that is, each width of cloth figure that provides only is in order to explain and purpose of description, rather than intention is as restriction definition of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 has described the axonometric drawings such as axle that combined axle seam and end ring clamp mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 has described one embodiment of the present of invention, its diagram when clamp mechanism is not in locked position the location of axle clamp mechanism.
Fig. 3 has described one embodiment of the present of invention, its diagram when clamp mechanism is engaged the location of axle clamp mechanism.
The axle of the joint of Fig. 4 has described diagram according to an embodiment of the invention clamp mechanism and indexing mechanism clamps and the side view of indexing mechanism.
Fig. 5 has described axle clamping according to an embodiment of the invention and how indexing mechanism is installed.
Fig. 6 has described to clamp according to an embodiment of the invention and how indexing mechanism engages end ring.
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Embodiments of the invention provide a kind of multi-disc automatic fiber placement axle to clamp and indexing mechanism, and wherein clamp mechanism is used to heart shaft part is fixed together and heart shaft part is connected with end ring.Said clamp mechanism is preferably integrally formed with axle, and said clamp mechanism provides the clamping force of enhancing to be used for more fully supporting and fix said heart shaft part with automatic mode.Said clamping of the present invention and indexing mechanism can preferably stand heat and the pressure in the autoclave, and that is to make most typical experience in the cured portion of handling.According to embodiments of the invention; Said clamp mechanism is also integrally formed with indexing mechanism; So that heart shaft part preferably keeps firm connection and aims at being introduced in said clamping and calibration accessory up to air, thereby unclamps said heart shaft part and remove the parts of being made.
Fig. 1 has described the axle that has combined axle seam and end ring clamp mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention.Axle seam anchor clamps 101 are preferred along whole seam location, and these positions preferably utilize an embodiment of said clamp mechanism of the present invention to make said heart shaft part preferred immobilization attachment point together.End ring preferably all is attached to said axle at the narrow tapering point of said axle and the tapering point of broad.In addition, end ring anchor clamps 102 also preferably are provided at the place, two ends of said axle, thereby make said axle firmly to said end ring.Axle seam anchor clamps 101 and end ring anchor clamps 102 all are used for strengthening said heart shaft part and are making attached in handling.Axle seam anchor clamps 101 are preferably constructed and operation similarly with end ring anchor clamps 102 in a similar manner; Yet, should be appreciated that end ring anchor clamps 102 are bigger than axle seam anchor clamps 101 on sometimes maybe volume, because these anchor clamps often are positioned on the perpendicular, so the joint that they are placed can stitch the joint that anchor clamps 101 possibly be positioned at somewhat different than axle.
Fig. 2 has described according to an embodiment of the invention when said clamping and indexing mechanism heart shaft part joint 20 when open position (i.e. locking).Jig main body 212 provides attachment point for jig arm 202.Jig arm 202 off-centre are installed to jig main body 212, this means that it is installed in except jig main body 212 geometric centers Anywhere.Therefore, in operation, jig arm 202 moves (promptly departing from circular path) and provides bigger tractive force to keep said heart shaft part in place thus with elliptical path.(get into motion) when jig arm 202 preferably is modified to box lunch and activated, it is around eccentric or oval-shaped axis rotation.Jig arm 202 preferably has hook-shape structure, and when activateding, the pulling downwards of this hook-shape structure to be to hook anchor clamps receiver 213 belows, according to one embodiment of present invention the attachment point of jig arm 202 preferably here.Although should be appreciated that according to embodiments of the invention, the air-actuated jaw of other types can preferably improve to form and clamp and indexing mechanism, and embodiments of the invention preferably use the bar-shaped anchor clamps of improved DeStaCo 991-MRM.
Jig main body 212 preferably includes jig arm 202, its preferred clamping device receiver 213.Jig arm 202, according to one embodiment of present invention, to such an extent as to be air-actuated clamp with indexing mechanism 20 can be more easily by combination be packaged in the axle.The retaining mechanism of the off-centre of jig arm 202 preferred combination above the center; Therefore, be removed in case make jig arm 202 be locked to the desired air of correct position, jig arm 202 still keeps locking and calibration to be introduced into once more to unclamp jig arm up to air.Jig arm 202 preferably has hook-shaped shape, thereby this hook-like shapes can be drawn on anchor clamps receiver 213 more easily with jig arm 202 and 213 lockings of anchor clamps receiver in place.Preferred jig arm 202 interconnects with heart shaft part and also can preferably be connected heart shaft part to end ring.The shape of jig arm 202 provides bigger tractive force with installing.The eccentric lever arm radius of preferred jig arm 202 is about 0.250 inch, has about 1500 pounds minimum tractive force and about 4000 pounds maximum drawbar pull.
When jig arm 202 activated, anchor clamps protractor 203 had preferred sizes and shape to be attached to calibration receiver 201.To such an extent as to the clamping and the calibration of anchor clamps protractor 203 and jig main body 212 integrally formed said heart shaft parts preferably take place with one and synchronous mode.Anchor clamps protractor 203 and calibration receiver 201 are preferably formed the cup-and-cone structure with the position that jig arm 202 calibration are desirable with being positioned at relative anchor clamps receiver 213.Using cup-and-cone shape indexing mechanism is to be used for the method a kind of commonly used of mutual locating surface; Yet the present invention is integrally formed with this cup-and-cone indexing mechanism and clamp mechanism.Anchor clamps receiver 213 is installed in the anchor clamps receiver installing plate 205 that flushes with axle pedestal 204.Calibration receiver 201 also is combined on the anchor clamps receiver 213 with box lunch and clamps when taking place, and the calibration of said accessory takes place with the mode with said clamp mechanism one, and it will more be described in detail below.
When jig arm 202 activated, axle surface sheets 207,208 preferably was in contact with one another.According to embodiments of the invention, when said clamping and indexing mechanism joint, axle seal groove 209 flushes with axle surface sheets 208.According to embodiments of the invention, axle extract path 206 shown said axle and said clamping and indexing mechanism attached with the mode of separating.
Fig. 3 has described heart shaft part joint 30 clamped when preferred jig arm 202 activated and be locked in place with anchor clamps receiver 213 afterwards.To such an extent as to tractive force is applied on the jig arm 202 jig arm 202 and activated and adhere to and be combined on the anchor clamps receiver 213.In operation, the jig arm 202 of jig arm 202 preferred use configuration shapes spurs anchor clamps receivers 213 downwards and gets up in its folded around.Jig arm 202 preferably with contact and be locked in the position of expectation with anchor clamps receiver 213.Should be appreciated that before said clamp mechanism is locked in correct position, jig arm 202 should preferred orientation on the core of anchor clamps receiver 213.Yet, can have such embodiment, wherein under the situation that does not deviate from the object of the invention, jig arm 202 retreats into the core of anchor clamps receiver 213.
When jig arm 202 activated, have calyculus and with integrally formed anchor clamps protractors 203 pulling downwards of jig main body 212 to cover calibration receiver 201, wherein calibration receiver 201 forms coniform structure.The integrated character of jig main body 212 and anchor clamps protractor 203 preferably allows anchor clamps protractor 203 and calibration receiver 201 to flush each other and so that assist said clamp mechanism is positioned at desired locations when making barrel-shaped assembly, said heart shaft part is locked in its preferred positions.When jig arm 202 activated and locks in place with anchor clamps receiver 213; Axle surface sheets 207; Compress between axle surface sheets 207,208, to form tight sealing during manufacture with surface sheets 208 to such an extent as to 208 produce contact seal groove 209.
Fig. 4 has described to be locked at end ring 405 the clamped end ring accessory 40 of correct position.When jig arm 402 in locking during with locked position not, jig main body 412 provides said initial attachment point for jig arm 402.When jig arm 402 activated, said tractive force preferably made jig arm 402 move so that lock in place with anchor clamps receiver 413 with the mode of off-centre.Anchor clamps protractor 401 combines with jig main body 412; Thereby when clamp mechanism activated; The preferred generation with calibration receiver 403 of anchor clamps protractor 401 contact and therefore aims at calibration receiver 403 so that when anchor clamps protractor 401 relative calibration receivers 403 are positioned at suitable position, and the said indexing mechanism that is formed by anchor clamps protractor 401 and calibration receiver 403 preferably guides the said clamp mechanism suitable position of entering so that guarantee the location that said heart shaft part is suitable and fix.
Fig. 5 has described the attached structure accessory of axle anchor clamps according to an embodiment of the invention.Axle anchor clamps attach fittings 50 preferably includes the anchor clamps of preferably being processed by invar or carbon/epoxy resin and installs dull and stereotyped 502.Anchor clamps are installed the dull and stereotyped 502 sectional fixture carriages 507 for supporting jig arm 504,505 and are provided support.Surface 506 preferably provides the anchor clamps that need machining surface that the smooth part of flat board 502 is installed, thereby for accessory 50 suitable calibration is provided.Anchor clamps are installed flat board and preferably are incorporated in the axle anchor clamps attach fittings 50 so that use preferred expectation strength of said clamp mechanism and distance to be provided.Axle anchor clamps attach fittings 50 also comprises anchor clamps circular cone protractor 503.Anchor clamps circular cone protractor 503 is integrally formed with convenient jig arm 504 with jig main body 501; 505 when activateding; Thereby anchor clamps circular cone protractor 503 produces to contact with calibration receiver (not shown) and guides jig arm 504,505 and calibration receiver (not shown) to be locked in place.
Fig. 6 has described one embodiment of the present of invention, its diagram use to clamp and indexing mechanism navigates to axle the accessory 60 of end ring.End ring 601 provides the surface for receiver carriage 602 is installed.Receiver carriage 602 preferably is attached to jig arm 605 through pulling motion when activating.Jig arm 605 is installed to jig main body 612.Axle surface sheets 604 is adjacent with jig main body 612 and aim at when said clamp mechanism activates, and has wherein illustrated the minimum cut-out size (cutout size) 603 between said jig main body 612 and axle surface sheets 604.
The embodiments of the invention that use is used for the mechanism that the clamping of said heart shaft part and end ring and calibration is integrally formed provide based on existing bolt and have tightened the improvement with clamp mechanism.Though clamp mechanism has been used to parts are fixed together in the past; But the invention provides a kind of novel apparatus; It is used for clamp mechanism and indexing mechanism integrally formed with accurate alignment so that said heart shaft part and end ring is attached with safety so that pass through processing automatically, thereby in manufacturing is handled, between heart shaft part and/or end ring, can form tight sealing.Thereby said according to an embodiment of the invention clamp mechanism is modified to be used for increasing the clamping force that is applied by said clamp mechanism and more fully supports said heart shaft part with automated manner.Preferably, when said clamp mechanism of the present invention was used as the retaining mechanism that is integrally formed in this clamp mechanism, being preferably did not need secondary retaining mechanism.Because when said clamping of the present invention and indexing mechanism are used; Between heart shaft part, be formed with tight sealing; So the advantage that this mechanism provides is, formed axle can be born heat and the pressure in the autoclave and do not damaged tight the sealing between said each heart shaft part and/or the end ring.
Use said according to an embodiment of the invention clamping and indexing mechanism be locked in place heart shaft part pressing in the thermal environment during the cure cycle to be tested.In order to implement this test, outer surface and the heart shaft part of locking that glass fibre is introduced into the heart shaft part of locking turn round in said autoclave in cure cycle.When said cure cycle was accomplished, the heart shaft part of locking was removed and is examined.The said heart shaft part that uses said clamping of the present invention and indexing mechanism to be locked at together has good pressure layer material, thereby confirms on said axle, not crack.Use the axle executor that the heart shaft part of said locking is carried out other test, the result proves that said sealing rightly work.According to embodiments of the invention, when the heart shaft part of said locking by autoclaving when solidifying, formed axle still keeps its original shape, and does not cave in or other distortion.Therefore, use the shape of the parts of the heart shaft part formation of locking to be held with the location.
The embodiment of said clamping of the present invention and indexing mechanism is locked at said heart shaft part together with a kind of safe mode passively.Said clamping and indexing mechanism preferably satisfy the demand of moving on the anchor clamps and known capacity requirement.Said clamping and indexing mechanism further successfully mainly use ready-made anchor clamps hardware to assemble in the useful space.Though for example reserve supply such as bolt screwing machine structure can be used for supporting said heart shaft part together effectively; But need not use these reserve supplies usually; This is because clamping of the present invention and indexing mechanism have been kept said heart shaft part aligning and handled to be used for making at the locked position of said expectation, and the parts that do not damage said axle or use axle to form.
Though the present invention and advantage thereof by detailed description, should be appreciated that and can under the situation that does not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present invention that are defined by the following claims, carry out various variations at this, increase and decrease and replacement.In addition, the specific embodiment of the said processing that the application's scope is not intended to be limited in describing in the specification, mechanism makes, material composition, device, method and step.From disclosure of the present invention, recognize easy to do as those skilled in the art, can execution used according to the invention and the essentially identical function of corresponding embodiment as herein described or obtain the existing of essentially identical result or the processing of developing afterwards, mechanism, manufacturing, material composition, device, method or step.Therefore, the accompanying claims intention is included in this processing, mechanism, manufacturing, material composition, device, method or step in its scope.
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1. integrally formed clamping and indexing system, said system comprises:
Jig main body;
Be installed to said jig main body and have the jig arm of hook formation by eccentric;
Be attached to the anchor clamps protractor of said jig main body, wherein when said jig arm activated, said anchor clamps protractor carried out calibration when carrying out said clamping; And
The anchor clamps receiver integrally formed with the calibration receiver,
Wherein when said jig arm activated, said anchor clamps receiver is locked in place with said jig arm and said calibration receiver contacts said anchor clamps protractor.
2. integrally formed clamping according to claim 1 and indexing system, wherein said system links together heart shaft part.
3. integrally formed clamping according to claim 1 and indexing system, wherein said system is connected to end ring with heart shaft part.
4. integrally formed clamping according to claim 1 and indexing system, wherein said anchor clamps protractor and said calibration receiver are glass vertebra shape calibration structures.
5. integrally formed clamping according to claim 2 and indexing system, wherein when said jig arm activated, the surface sheets of said heart shaft part was aligned with each other and contacts.
6. integrally formed clamping according to claim 1 and indexing system, said system further comprises:
The anchor clamps mounting disc, said jig arm is supported in wherein said anchor clamps mounting disc.
7. be used for the integrally formed clamping and the method for calibration, said method comprises:
On jig arm, apply tractive force;
Thereby activating said jig arm makes said jig arm be attached to the anchor clamps receiver; And
Spur downwards and the integrally formed anchor clamps protractor of said jig arm,
Wherein when said jig arm activates, said anchor clamps protractor with contact with the integrally formed calibration receiver of said anchor clamps receiver.
8. method according to claim 7, wherein said tractive force make said jig arm move with the mode of off-centre, thereby lock in place with said anchor clamps receiver.
9. method according to claim 7, wherein said anchor clamps protractor have cup-shaped conformation and said calibration receiver has tepee structure.
10. method according to claim 7, the said indexing mechanism that wherein is made up of said anchor clamps protractor and said calibration receiver guide said jig arm to get into the suitable position about said anchor clamps receiver.
11. axle anchor clamps and calibration accessory, said accessory comprises:
Jig main body;
The jig arm integrally formed with said jig main body; And
The anchor clamps taper protractor integrally formed with said jig main body;
Wherein when said jig arm activated, said anchor clamps taper protractor produced with the calibration receiver and contacts to guide the locking of said jig arm and anchor clamps receiver in place.
12. accessory according to claim 11, said accessory further comprises:
The anchor clamps mounting disc, said anchor clamps mounting disc provides support for the sectional fixture carriage of the said jig arm of supporting.
13. accessory according to claim 11, wherein said accessory is positioned at end ring with said axle.
14. accessory according to claim 13, wherein said end ring provides the surface for said anchor clamps receiver is installed.
15. accessory according to claim 11, wherein when said jig arm activated, said anchor clamps receiver was attached to said jig arm through pulling motion.
16. accessory according to claim 11, said accessory further comprises:
Secondary bolt screwing machine structure, it is used for said axle is fixed on locked position.
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